22 Yorkshire Building Society Group branches to close
In total 22 branches will shut their doors: nine Yorkshire branches - including one in Barnsley - and seven Chelsea Building Society branches, in a move that will reduce the estate to 208 from 230 by the end of the year.
The country’s second largest building society said the closures were largely where branches are less than a mile apart. The group said most staff at the affected branches will be redeployed, putting just 13 jobs at risk.
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Hide AdChris Pilling, chief executive of Yorkshire Building Society, said: “Our branch network always has been, and remains, at the heart of our business, providing the face-to-face service that many of our members prefer.
“These planned changes will make us more efficient and will deliver greater long-term value to new and existing members. They will also help us to support the changing needs of our members.”
The group merged with the Barnsley Building Society in 2008 and tied up with the Chelsea Building Society two years later. It said its 45 Norwich & Peterborough Building Society branches
are not affected by the rebranding plan.
Full list of Yorkshire Building Society Group branch closures and rebrandings:
:: Barnsley Building Society branches that will close:
Cudworth
Doncaster
Mexborough
Rotherham
Wakefield
Wombwell
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Hide Ad:: Barnsley Building Society branches that will become Yorkshire Building Society branches:
Barnsley
Chesterfield
:: Yorkshire Building Society branches that will close:
Bradford John Street
Edinburgh Stafford Street
Barnsley
Birmingham
Bournemouth
Bristol
Chatham
Hampstead
Sutton
:: Chelsea Building Society branches that will close:
Croydon
Kings Road in London
Exeter
Ipswich
Leicester
Southampton
Westminster
:: Chelsea Building Society branches that will become Yorkshire Building Society branches:
Birmingham
Bournemouth
Brighton
Bristol
Bromley
Chatham
Cheltenham
Ealing
Fulham
Guildford
Hampstead Garden Suburb
Harrow
Kensington
Kingston upon Thames
Lewisham
London City
Maidstone
Norwich
Oxford
Paignton
Plymouth
Reading
Streatham
Sunbury
Sutton
Watford
West End
Worthing